Automatic round-can heading and crimping machine.



PATENTED FEB 20, 1906. A. LOIZ. AUTOMATIC ROUND CAN HEADING AND'GRIMPING MACHINE.

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AUTOMATIC ROUND CAN HEADING ANDCRIMPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.19, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEiOE.

AUGUSTUS, LOTZ, OF sAN FRANc soO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO AMERIOAN cAN OOMPANY, or JERsEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

AUTOMATIC RqyND-cA HE omo. AND CRIMPING' MACHENTE,

Round-Can Heading and Crimping Machines,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to can heading and crimping machines.

The object of my invention is to provide a can heading and crimping machine of asimple, efficient, and durable construction by means of which the, final head or .cover may be automatically applied to filled cans and properly crimped thereon rapidly and cheaply.

A further object is to provide a combined can heading and crimping machine in which the heading and crimping operations may be performed by one and the same set of jaws, thus simplifying the construction of the machine and increasing its capacity.

- Astill further object is to provide a can heading and crimpin machine in which the can'- body carrier or eed-wheel has a continuous movement at different s eeds, its movement being slow at the time t e heads and bodiesare being received and its movement quick .at other portions of its travel, thus materially increasing the speed and capacity of the machme.

4 My invention consists in the means I employ to practicallyaccomplish these objects or results-that is to say, it consists in a com-' bined can heading and crimping machine having opening and closing heading-jaws adapted, to receive the can-head and furnished with bevel-faces for sizing and rounding the can-body and centering the same with the head and also with an additon'albevelface for subsequently crimping the flange of the can-head onthe can-body after the headin operation is completed by the longitudina movementof the headed can in the combined heading and crimping jaws.

It further consists in the. combined head-,

ing and crimping jaws in combination with a heading-plunger for forcing the can-body and head together to apply the head to the can-body and a cnmpmg-clungerfor forcing i and thus crimping the can.

the headed can against t e crimping-jaws,

I Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 19, 1904. Serial No. 198,892-

' Patented Feb. 20,1906.

increase the capacity of the machine.

It further consists in the novel construction of parts and devices and in the novel combinations of parts and devices herein shown or described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a-plan view of a combined can-body heading and crimping machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2 2 of Fig 1. Fig.v 3 is a partial horizontal section on line 3 3 of Fig.2. Fig. 4 is a detail plan View show ing one set of heading and crimping jaws and the parts cooperating therewith. Fig. 5 is a detail section on line 5 5 of Fig. 4.. Fig. 6 is a detail diagram view illustrating the operation of the can-head-disch arge trigger. Fig. 7 is a detail view, partly in elevation and partly incross-section, on line 7 7 of Fig. 3, the bottom of the can-head runway being indicated in dotted lines in order to more clearly show the other parts. Fig. 8 is a detail cross-section on line 8 80f Fig. 3 Fig. 9 is a detail'plan view illustrating the opening and closing of the headin and crimping jaws. Fig. 10 is a section online 10 10 of Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a mechanism. Fig. 12 is a detail section on ,line 12 12 of Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is a detail section on line 13 13 ofFig. 12. Fig. 14 is a detail vertical-section showing the heading and crimping jaws, heading-plunger and crimping-plunger, the section being on line 14 14 of Fig. 1 and showing the position of the parts before the heading operation begins. Figs. 15, 16, and 17 are views similar to Fig. 14,

illustrating the operation.

In the drawings, A represents the frame of themachine, the same being of any suitable form to 've support to the other parts and non-rotating shaft A. a

B is a continuously-rotating carrier or canbody-feed wheel secured to the continuouslyrotating' hollow shaft B and preferably made for convenience of construction intliree sepa- It further consists, in connection with the showing the parts in diflerent positions and preferab y having an upright standard or at other times to facilitate the operation and detail elevatiomshowing the speed-varying rate sections, the lower section'B and the upper section B of the carrier being, however, all connected to the middle section B by the shaft B. The carrier B is preferably provided with four can-body pockets 1), and its lower section or can receiving and supporting plate B is provided with guides or openings b for a corresponding number of heading-plungers C, by Y which the can-bodies or filled cans X are pushed upward into the can heading and crimping jaws D and into the can-heads 00, contained therein. 'The can heading and crimping jaws D are mounted upon the uper section B of the carrier B. There are our sets of opening and closing can heading and crimping jaws D, corres onding to the number of can-body pockets of the carrier, and the same are mounted on the upper section or disk B of the carrier, the said section B also having guides F for the four'crimping-plungers F.

The-opening and closing segmental heading and crimping jaws D each have flaring or conical heading-faces d, which serves to true up, size, and round the can-body or the u per edge or mouth thereof and accurate y center the same with and guide the same into the can head or cover as as the can-body is pushed up into and through the closed heading-jaws D D and into the can-head :20, contained therein. The combined heading and crimping jaws D are also furnished each with an oppositely .-'turned beveled shoulder or crimping-face d, which serves as a stop to level or true up the can-head w in the jaws D, in connection with the u per or crimping plunger F, preparatory to t e can-body being forced into the can-head in the heading operation and which also serves after the heading operation has been completed to snugly crimp the can-head flange against the canbody on the can by the further downward movement of the crimping-plunger F. The can is thus both headed and crimped by the combined operation of the jaws D and plungers C F.

The heading-plungers C are preferably four in number, corresponding to the can-pockets b in the carrier-wheel B, and the same are reciprocated as re uired to push the can-bodies within the heading-jaws and perform the heading operation and then to .permit the headed can to be moved downward by the upper or crimping plunger to perform the crimping operation and to permit the headed or crimped can to be discharged by means of a stationary cam C on the frame of the machine, which is engaged by a roller 0 on an arm C adjustably connected to the heading-plunger C by a clamp-bolt C and guided by the guide 0*", mounted on supporting-plate B The upper or crimping plungers F are reciprocated, as required, as the carrier B rotates continuously by a stationary cam F on the frame of the machine, which is engaged by a roller F on an arm F, ad'ustably con-' nected to the plunger F by a clamp-bolt- F The heading and crimping plungers D and F are each preferably furnished with a'removable steel operating-face d and f, respectively.

The segmental combined heading and crimping jaws D are preferably three in number for each set, each segment being a third of a circle, although a greater or less number of segments may be employed. The jaws D may be opened and closed by any suitable means. I prefer, however, to employ for this purpose interengaging guides d d the guides d being on the connecting guide-segments D and the guides (1 being on thejaw-closing oscillating ring D ,which surrounds the jaws D. The jaw-closing ring D is oscillated, as

.required, to operate the jaws D by a stationary cam, pin, or projection D on the stationary cam F engaging an arm D on an eccentric D and eccentric-strap D connected at D to the oscillating ring D The can-body carrier or feed wheel and its upright shaft B and parts carried thereby are continuously rotated from the drivingshaft E, having fast and loose pulleys E and Eflthrough a high and low speed connecting mechanism, so thatthe shaft may be rotated at the necessary slow speed at the time the can-bodies and can-heads are being received thereon and at a hi h speed at other times, so that the capacity of the machine may thus be materially increased. This. high and low speed connecting mechanism between the driving-shaft E and the turret or can-bodycarrier shaft B may be of any suitable'form. It,however, preferably comprises two crankarms G G, one, G, carried by the drivingshaft E and furnished with a slotg and a .block g, sliding in said slot, and the other otally connected to the block g by a pivot stud g on said'block. The shaft Gr is a short shaft journaled on the frame of the machine and has a bevelear g meshing with the bevel-gear g on a siaft 9 having a spur-gear g, which meshes with a, gear 9 on the shaft B.

Byv this means the speed of the carrier-shaft B iscaused to increase while the crank-arm G moves from Y to V, as shown in Fig. 12, and decreases while the crank-arm G moves -from V to Y.

The can-bodies are automatically delivered into the pockets of the carrier B and onto the can-supporting plate B as the carrier revolves continuously-by means of an endless can-body feeder H, having fingers h to push the cans along the horizontal guideway H,

which is furnished with guide-rails H H The guideway H is on a level or flush with the plate or disk B The guiderail H of the can-body guideway H is furn shed with a curved or projecting portion H (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3) todeflect the foremost can-body into the pocket I) of the carrier as the can-bodies are pushed along the uideby a can-head feeder K and can-head runway K, having guide-rails'K K The can-head feeder-K is preferably an-endless chain having fingers k for pushing the can-heads along and travels on sprocket wheels K K the wheel K bein driven by a chain K", connecting the sproc get-wheels K. K and passing around sprocket-wheels K and K To prevent aOan-head being fed unless a can-body is present in the carrier B to re' ceive it, the can-head runway is provided with a trap-door M, which is operated to discharge the can-head unless a can-body is presentin the carrier to receive it. This trap-door M is thus automatically opened by a movable can-cover-discharge device, con-.

sisting of a roller N, mounted on a shaft N, carrying a pin N engaging the arm N mounted onthe disk B the roller N being normally retracted by a guide N mounted on the frame of the machine, said roller N,

- through the arm N being engaged and opent in the carrier B.

erated by the can-body if a can-body is pres- If, however, no canbody is present in the carrierB to receive a cover, the cover-discharge device N is not eX- tended, and as the carrier B moves forward to the ca nehead-receivi'ng station said device N engages a trigger R, preferably in the form of a bell-crank lever, which is connected by a chain 4' and rod r to an arm m onthe trap M, thus opening the. trap and permitting the cover to be-discharged into a basket'or receptacle below. The trigger Rhas an arm R, to whichaspring may be attached for holding the same. inlits normal-position. A spring M holds the trap M normally closed.

The can top or cover guideway K has a springheld guide extension S to steer or guide thecantop or cover into position, this spring-guide S yielding to permit the'esc'ape of a defective cover -and thus preventing clogging the machine orinjury to the can. Thespring-guide S is located just above the 7 surface of the carrier-disk B The operation is as follows; The can-bodies are fed one by one into the pockets of thecontinuously-rotating carrier B on top of the heading-plungers C, and the can-heads are fed one by one onto the carrier and into the heading and crimping jaws -D and underneath the crimping-plungers F,,the heading and crimping jaws D being at this time closed to prevent the can-heads from dropping through the same. The crimping-plunger then as the carrier rotates moves down to level and evenly seat the can-head in the heading-jaws and hold it just over the crimpingshoulder d of the heading jaws. The heading-plunger C is then moved upward as the carrier B rotates and pushes the can-1 body through the lower or heading bevelface (1 of the jaws D into the can-head, thus heading the can.- The heading-plunger C and crimpingplunger F then both move downward together, thereby causing the upper or crimping bevel-face d of the jaws D to crimp the can-head on the can-body as the headed can is forced downward through the heading and crimping jaws into position for being discharged horizontally fromthe carrier as the further revolution of the carrier brings it to the discharge-chute. The operation is thus continuous, and the cans may thus be headed and'crimped very rapidly, and the capacity of themachine is still further increased by the accelerated-speed ofthe carriers at other parts of its revolution except at the can head and body receiving and can-discharging positions.

I claim I 1. In a machine for heading and crimping filled cans, the combination with a turret or carrier for the cans, of a plurality of lower or heading plungers, a plurality of upper or crimping plungers, a plurality of sets of seg-' mental opening and closing headingjaws,

furnished with bevel-faces for guiding the;

can-bodies into the can-heads and with bevelsho'ulders for crimping the flanges of the heads on; the headed cans, meansfor feeding on delivering the can-bodies onto the carrier, and means for feeding or delivering the can heads or covers into the heading-j aws, means for discharging a cover when no can-body is resent in the carrier to receive it, and means or continuously drivin the can-carrier shaft at a. lower speed whi e'receiving the ca rn-bodies,vv

and at a high speed at other times, substantially as specified.

2. In a can headin and crimping machine, the combination Wil upper and lower movable plungers, of opening and closing segmental combined heading and crimping jaws, the upper plunger first seating the can-head in said jaws, the lower plunger then forcing the can-body through the heading-jaws into the can-head, and the upper plunger then forcin the headed can against the crimping-shou der of said jaws and crimping the can and dischar ing it from said jaws, substantially as spec' ed..

3. The combination with a pair of opposing or upper and lower movable plungers, of 1 a pair of opposing or openin and closing jaws having bevel-faces for gui 'n the end of the can-body into the cover, an bevel-shoulders for crimping the cover on the can after it is headed, the upper plunger first seating the can-head in said aws, the lower plunger then forcing the canthen forcing thehead body throu h the heading-jaws into the canhead, and t e upper plunger then forcing the headed can against the crimping-shoulder of said jaws and crimping the can and dischargit from said jaws, substantially as speci- 4. The combination with a can-body car-' rier havin a plurality of can-receiving pock ets, ofa lurality of pairs of opposing .or upper and ower movable plun ers, and a plurality of sets of opening and c osing jaws having incli red or flaring can-heading faces and inclined or flaring crimping-faces, the upperper and lower movable plungers, a p urality of sets of opening and closing aws having inclined heading-faces and inchned crimpingfaces, and a can-body feeder, the upper plunger of each pair first seating the can-head in the heading and crim ing jaws, the lower plunger of each pair t en forcing: the canbody through the crimping jaws into the can-- head, and theupper plunger of each' pair e ing-shoulder of the heading-jaws and out of said jaws, substantially as specified.

6. The combination with a can body-carrier havin :a plurality of can-receiving pock lurality of pairs of opposing or up per and lower movable plungers, a plurality of sets of opening and closing jaws "havingets,-of a p crimping-faces, a can-body feeder,- and a can head or cover feeder, the upper plunger of each pair-"firstseating the'can-head in the heading and crimping jaws,the lower lunger of each pair then forcing the canod through the crimping-j aws into the can-hea and the upper plunger of each pair then foreingtheheaded can past the crimping-shoul der of the heading-jaws and out of 831d jaws,

substantially as specified.

' 7.- The combination with a can-bodycar; rier havin a plurality ofcan-receiv ing-pockets, of'a p urality of pairs of-plungers, aplu rality of sets of opening and closing jaws hav--- ing crimping-faces, a can-body feeder, 'and'a can head or cover fe eder,said can-headfeeder having a can head-or cover discharge trap, substantially as speci fied. 4

canpast the crimpmasse- 8'; The combinationwith a cambody carrier havin a plurality of can-receiving-pock= ets, of a p urality of pairs of plungers, a-plurality of sets of opening andclosing-j aws hav ing crimping-faces, a can-body feeder, acan' head or cover feeder, said can-head feeder having a can head or cover discharge trap, said can-body carrier having-a deviceaotu'-- ated by thepresence or absence of the can therein to control the operation of said can-" head trap, substantially as specified] 9. The combination with a can-body-can rier having a lurality of can-receiving pock ets, of a plura ity of pairs of plunge-rs, 111

rality of sets of opening and closing jaws hav :ingcr mping-faces, a can-body feeder,' a can head or cover feeder, and meehanismfor 'con--- tinuously rotating said can-body carrier-at different speeds during the can-receiving'and' stantially as specified.

10. The combination witha can-body carrier havin -a plurality of can-receiving -pock ets, of a p urality of pairs of plungers'," a plu rality of sets of opening and-closing jaws havingheading-faces and crimping-faces, ajcanbody feeder, a can head-"orcover;feeder, mechanism for rotating said can-body carrier, and means for retarding the movement of said carrier while passing-the can-body feeder, substantially as specified.

11. In a can-heading machine, the combination with a can carrier or'turret, openingand closing headingjaws carried thereby," heading-plungers', a can-body feeder, a cancan heading and crimpingoperations," sub-" head runwayfurnished with a trap-for discharginga can head or cover in caselno canbody is present onthe carrier to receive it,- and means for opening-said trap to dischar e a cover whenno can-body is present, su stantially as specified.

12. Ina can-heading-machine;-'the combi+ IOO nationwithacan carrier or-turret, opening and closing heading-jaws carried thereby,

heading plungers, a can-body feeder, a -can-* head runway furnished with"a -trap' for discharging a can head or cover in case 'no'canbody "is present on the carrier 'to-receive it,- and means for opening-said trap to discharge acover -when no can-body is present,- said means comprising a movable device N on the 'carrier,"a can-bodyoperated lever N on the carrier for actuating said device, and a'tri" ger R projecting in the pathof said movab e device N on the 'carrier'and connected with said trap, substantially as specified.

' AUGUSTUS" Lo'r'z;

' Witnesses;

Tnos. R. KENT, CHARLES E. BULL. I 

